Drew VerHagen
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 6" 230LBS | Age: 34
Draft: 2012 | Rd: 4, #154, Detroit Tigers | Vanderbilt
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2019 4 3 5.90 22 4 0 58 51 1.60
2022 3 1 6.65 19 0 0 21.2 18 1.89
2023 5 1 3.98 60 0 0 61 60 1.28
8 Seasons 18 12 4.98 206 8 0 281.2 234 1.43
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2019 22 4-3 5.90 58 51 1.60
2022 19 3-1 6.65 21.2 18 1.89
2023 60 5-1 3.98 61 60 1.28
8 Seasons 206 18-12 4.98 281.2 234 1.43
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2015 24 408 78 2 2.6 1.9 87.9 108.4 -3.7 17.9 .253 .336 .256 .314 .304 34.6 12.3 13.2 2.05 4.10
2016 25 346 72 4 5.6 4.4 88.7 111.9 6.1 23.6 .293 .457 .405 .348 .364 34.7 11.1 7.8 7.11 5.24
2017 26 532 111 10 9.0 6.9 88.6 112.2 9.5 32.4 .295 .553 .397 .373 .433 38.7 17.2 6.2 5.77 6.28
2018 27 912 158 9 5.7 3.9 87.7 116.7 13.3 25.3 .193 .321 .283 .269 .301 33.5 22.7 8.2 4.63 3.01
2019 28 945 180 13 7.2 5.0 89.1 115.1 8.8 30.0 .259 .426 .370 .333 .375 38.3 19.8 8.9 5.90 4.96
2022 31 419 73 7 9.6 6.6 88.3 109.1 18.1 39.7 .284 .488 .390 .378 .411 34.2 17.0 13.2 6.65 6.29
2023 32 1042 173 14 8.1 5.2 88.1 113.1 15.5 30.1 .223 .381 .314 .309 .341 36.4 22.4 9.7 3.98 4.01
Player 4604 845 59 7.0 4.9 88.4 116.7 10.6 28.6 .247 .412 .339 .324 .358 36.1 19.1 9.3
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

VerHagen relies on 5 pitches.
Sweeper
(31.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(27.9%) ,
Sinker
(17.2%) ,
Cutter
(12.6%) ,
Changeup
(11.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2015 75.6 5.1 15.4 3.8 41.0 30.8 28.2 1.3 57.7 5.1 26.9 2.6 2.6 1.9
2016 59.7 18.1 16.7 5.6 22.2 48.6 27.8 0.0 48.6 15.3 20.8 4.2 5.6 4.4
2017 51.4 23.4 18.9 6.3 40.5 39.6 19.8 5.4 36.9 18.0 23.4 7.2 9.0 6.9
2018 47.5 25.9 17.7 8.9 32.3 36.1 31.6 2.5 37.3 30.4 16.5 7.0 5.7 3.9
2019 51.7 20.0 21.7 6.7 45.0 37.2 17.8 2.8 40.0 20.6 25.0 4.4 7.2 5.0
2022 35.6 26.0 26.0 12.3 43.8 37.0 19.2 5.5 26.0 26.0 27.4 5.5 9.6 6.6
2023 41.0 31.8 20.2 6.9 46.2 28.9 24.9 2.9 30.6 31.8 20.8 5.2 8.1 5.2
Player 50.2 23.0 19.6 7.2 39.9 36.0 24.0 3.0 38.3 23.0 22.4 5.3 7.0 4.9
MLB 44.4 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.5 25.2 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop		vs.
Comparable		Horizontal
Break		vs.
Comparable		Vertical
Break		vs. AvgHorizontal
Break		vs. Avg
2023 4-Seam Fastball STL R 289 93.4 17.0 -2.3 2.4ARM -3.6 14.2 -1.6 2.4ARM -5.0
2023 Cutter STL R 124 88.2 33.0 -5.1 5.5GLV 2.2 1.9 -5.9 5.5GLV 2.9
2023 Sinker STL R 174 92.7 20.8 -1.1 12.4ARM -2.2 11.2 -3.6 12.4ARM -2.6
2023 Sweeper STL R 319 81.3 43.6 2.3 14.7GLV 0.6 -2.1 3.5 14.7GLV 0.6
2023 Changeup STL R 113 88.5 29.5 1.4 6.8ARM -7.6 5.2 0.2 6.8ARM -7.6
2022 4-Seam Fastball STL R 93 94.9 13.6 -0.6 3.1ARM -3.0 16.8 0.6 3.1ARM -4.2
2022 Curveball STL R 56 78.2 60.2 4.8 9.9GLV 3.8 -15.0 5.1 9.9GLV 0.8
2022 Sweeper STL R 92 81.4 44.4 0.9 16.4GLV 1.4 -2.8 4.4 16.4GLV 2.5
2022 Cutter STL R 13 91.3 23.0 1.6 1.3ARM -3.2 9.7 1.4 1.3ARM -4.0
2022 Changeup STL R 66 89.5 28.8 2.3 9.1ARM -4.9 5.3 0.6 9.1ARM -5.1
2022 Sinker STL R 99 94.6 17.6 -2.3 13.4ARM -0.6 13.0 -4.7 13.4ARM -1.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 Sweeper 2.6 9 324 31.1 81 .128 .218 .180 44.4 35.8 23.6 .160 .276 .204 28.6
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.7 -2 291 27.9 83 .264 .444 .358 22.8 19.3 18.8 .254 .424 .334 35.1
2023 Sinker -1.7 -3 179 17.2 45 .273 .576 .447 17.3 13.3 19.4 .260 .510 .423 48.1
2023 Cutter -5.0 -6 131 12.6 28 .478 .870 .591 31.7 7.1 8.3 .384 .640 .458 54.5
2023 Changeup 1.6 2 117 11.2 29 .125 .125 .214 28.8 24.1 17.5 .138 .176 .234 22.2
2022 Sinker -2.9 -3 99 23.6 30 .385 .692 .490 17.3 3.3 6.7 .333 .605 .441 36.0
2022 4-Seam Fastball -4.8 -4 93 22.2 23 .474 .842 .585 23.9 17.4 11.4 .397 .744 .525 46.7
2022 Sweeper 3.8 4 92 22.0 25 .048 .095 .134 43.2 36.0 32.1 .087 .140 .173 15.4
2022 Changeup -7.6 -5 66 15.8 14 .500 .750 .564 45.5 21.4 15.0 .328 .560 .427 22.2
2022 Curveball 1.9 1 56 13.4 9 .111 .111 .100 17.6 11.1 5.3 .341 .382 .319 37.5
2022 Cutter 4.1 1 13 3.1 4 .000 .000 .175 16.7 0.0 0.0 .183 .318 .333 66.7
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 110 88.5 63 8.8 1:00 2:00 -60
2023 Cutter 124 88.2 38 6.9 10:30 9:15 75
2023 4-Seam Fastball 287 93.3 76 13.9 12:45 12:15 30
2023 Sinker 167 92.6 76 16.6 12:45 1:45 -60
2023 Sweeper 299 81.2 67 16.2 7:45 8:30 -45
2022 Changeup 64 89.5 68 10.6 1:00 2:15 -75
2022 Curveball 56 78.2 95 20.8 7:00 7:00 0
2022 Cutter 13 91.3 57 9.0 12:00 12:15 -15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 93 94.9 79 16.6 12:45 12:15 30
2022 Sinker 99 94.6 79 18.8 12:45 1:45 -60
2022 Sweeper 92 81.4 73 18.2 7:30 8:30 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2015 104 400 8 5 -5 -2 6
2016 89 342 1 -3 -4 -2 -8
2017 144 531 -3 2 -3 -1 -5
2018 233 911 6 2 -2 -3 4
2019 257 944 6 -5 -5 -6 -10
2022 105 419 -2 0 -4 -2 -7
2023 266 1,042 1 10 -4 -7 -1
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2015 408 49.8 57.6 88.0 22.4 67.4 43.4 57.5 40.0 17.8 6.1 60.0
2016 346 50.6 58.9 84.5 22.8 74.4 44.5 54.4 41.0 18.3 7.8 66.7
2017 532 51.3 64.1 86.3 25.9 56.7 41.9 57.6 45.5 21.1 8.1 69.8
2018 912 48.1 64.0 84.0 28.1 42.9 39.6 57.9 45.4 28.5 8.7 69.6
2019 945 52.4 61.6 86.6 26.0 51.3 44.3 62.6 44.7 22.7 8.9 61.9
2022 419 43.2 69.6 80.2 27.3 53.8 45.1 56.2 45.6 28.8 8.1 76.5
2023 1,042 48.9 65.3 78.4 28.2 48.7 39.0 61.3 46.4 30.6 8.0 67.5
Player 4,604 49.4 63.3 83.5 26.5 52.4 41.9 59.2 44.7 25.4 8.1 67.2
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.8 42.6 61.0 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2015 75 5 44 75
2016 79 11 32 65
2017 65 41 31 72
2018 90 93 88 75 90 77 65 68 67 54 48 73 51 69 59 43 72
2019 28 31 39 51 25 60 45 37 35 25 36 27 16 48 52 35 71
2022 66 84 16 33
2023 56 76 65 51 43 62 46 70 68 41 31 80 42 34 65 54
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted
Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2016 21.5 3 2.8 0 2 3 1 33.3
2017 23.9 10 11.0 -1 3 3 9 90.0
2018 22.1 6 5.1 1 5 6 2 33.3
2019 23.2 9 9.3 0 5 5 5 55.6
2022 24.8 5 5.3 0 0 4 2 40.0
2023 24.6 9 9.0 0 2 7 4 44.4
Player 23.6 42 42.6 -1 17 28 23 54.8
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted
Year HR
2016 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 1 3 5 3 3 3 4 1 2 3 4 3 2 4 4 3 3 3 5 3 3 2
2017 10 12 10 10 11 10 12 11 10 9 10 13 11 10 11 13 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12 12 10 10 14 13 11 9
2018 6 7 3 8 6 2 5 3 5 2 4 8 10 3 3 8 3 4 2 11 4 4 12 5 4 3 4 7 6 5 3
2019 9 12 9 9 10 10 10 8 6 7 9 9 11 8 9 8 8 8 12 9 9 12 11 11 8 9 9 10 13 8 7
2022 5 5 5 4 6 5 6 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6
2023 9 7 6 10 10 9 12 8 11 6 10 13 7 5 11 11 10 7 9 12 7 9 11 11 7 7 10 11 7 8 8
Player 42 46 35 43 45 38 48 37 37 30 41 53 47 34 42 50 37 36 42 53 40 43 56 49 39 37 42 53 48 41 35
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 94.6 94.9 0.3 ↑ 93.9 -1.0 ↓ 94.1 0.2 ↑ -- -0.9 ↓ -- -- -- -- 94.6 -- 92.0 -2.6 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 85.3 87.1 1.8 ↑ 87.6 0.5 ↑ 89.6 2.0 ↑ -- -0.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- 89.5 -- 88.5 -1.0 ↓
Breaking Velocity 77.2 78.8 1.6 ↑ 81.3 2.5 ↑ 83.6 2.3 ↑ -- -1.0 ↓ -- -- -- -- 80.2 -- 81.3 1.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.9 88.7 0.8 ↑ 88.6 -0.1 ↓ 87.7 -0.9 ↓ -- 1.4 ↑ -- -- -- -- 88.3 -- 88.1 -0.2 ↓
Launch Angle -3.7 6.1 9.8 ↑ 9.5 3.4 ↑ 13.3 3.8 ↑ -- -4.5 ↓ -- -- -- -- 18.1 -- 15.5 -2.6 ↓
Barrel % 2.6 5.6 3.0 ↑ 9.0 3.4 ↑ 5.7 -3.3 ↓ -- 1.5 ↑ -- -- -- -- 9.6 -- 8.1 -1.5 ↓
Hard Hit % 34.6 34.7 0.1 ↑ 38.7 4.0 ↑ 33.5 -5.2 ↓ -- 4.8 ↑ -- -- -- -- 34.2 -- 36.4 2.2 ↑
LA Sweet-Spot % 17.9 23.6 5.7 ↑ 32.4 8.8 ↑ 25.3 -7.1 ↓ -- 4.7 ↑ -- -- -- -- 39.7 -- 30.1 -9.6 ↓
xBA .253 .293 0.040 ↑ .295 0.002 ↑ .193 -0.102 ↓ -- 0.066 ↑ -- -- -- -- .284 -- .223 -0.061 ↓
BA .200 .346 0.146 ↑ .311 -0.035 ↓ .222 -0.089 ↓ -- 0.082 ↑ -- -- -- -- .300 -- .226 -0.074 ↓
xwOBA .314 .348 0.034 ↑ .373 0.025 ↑ .269 -0.104 ↓ -- 0.064 ↑ -- -- -- -- .378 -- .309 -0.069 ↓
wOBA .256 .405 0.149 ↑ .397 -0.008 ↓ .283 -0.114 ↓ -- 0.087 ↑ -- -- -- -- .390 -- .314 -0.076 ↓
xSLG .336 .457 0.121 ↑ .553 0.096 ↑ .321 -0.232 ↓ -- 0.105 ↑ -- -- -- -- .488 -- .381 -0.107 ↓
SLG .244 .568 0.324 ↑ .615 0.047 ↑ .353 -0.262 ↓ -- 0.151 ↑ -- -- -- -- .511 -- .396 -0.115 ↓
K% 12.3 11.1 -1.2 ↓ 17.2 6.1 ↑ 22.7 5.5 ↑ -- -2.9 ↓ -- -- -- -- 17.0 -- 22.4 5.4 ↑
BB% 13.2 7.8 -5.4 ↓ 6.2 -1.6 ↓ 8.2 2.0 ↑ -- 0.7 ↑ -- -- -- -- 13.2 -- 9.7 -3.5 ↓
Swing % 40.0 41.0 1.0 ↑ 45.5 4.5 ↑ 45.4 -0.1 ↓ -- -0.7 ↓ -- -- -- -- 45.6 -- 46.4 0.8 ↑
Whiff% 17.8 18.3 0.5 ↑ 21.1 2.8 ↑ 28.5 7.4 ↑ -- -5.8 ↓ -- -- -- -- 28.8 -- 30.6 1.8 ↑
In Zone % 49.8 50.6 0.8 ↑ 51.3 0.7 ↑ 48.1 -3.2 ↓ -- 4.3 ↑ -- -- -- -- 43.2 -- 48.9 5.7 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.2 49.4 -0.8 ↓ 48.7 -0.7 ↓ 51.9 3.2 ↑ -- -4.3 ↓ -- -- -- -- 56.8 -- 51.1 -5.7 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 22.4 22.8 0.4 ↑ 25.9 3.1 ↑ 28.1 2.2 ↑ -- -2.1 ↓ -- -- -- -- 27.3 -- 28.2 0.9 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 23.6 26.7 3.1 ↑ 26.4 -0.3 ↓ 26.6 0.2 ↑ -- 3.8 ↑ -- -- -- -- 32.4 -- 30.1 -2.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.5 54.4 -3.1 ↓ 57.6 3.2 ↑ 57.9 0.3 ↑ -- 4.7 ↑ -- -- -- -- 56.2 -- 61.3 5.1 ↑
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2016 Shifts 86 .395 53 1 1.9 33 7 21.2
2017 Shifts 144 .397 98 0 0.0 46 7 15.2
2018 Shifts 233 .283 141 20 14.2 92 33 35.9
2019 Shifts 257 .370 139 32 23.0 118 60 50.8
2022 Shifts 105 .390 66 10 15.2 39 17 43.6
2023 Shades 261 .312 182 0 0.0 79 35 44.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2014 20 13.5 75.0% 0.0% 19 21.3 0.0% 5.3%
2015 123 14.6 52.8% 1.6% 74 22.9 2.7% 16.2%
2016 107 16.0 43.9% 1.9% 71 21.5 4.2% 9.9%
2017 172 16.5 32.0% 0.6% 80 21.8 2.5% 5.0%
2018 281 17.6 22.4% 0.4% 143 21.9 0.7% 6.3%
2019 272 18.0 17.3% 1.1% 171 21.1 0.6% 8.8%
2022 95 18.4 16.8% 3.2% 88 24.8 0.0% 13.6%
2023 252 15.5 41.7% 0.0% 213 17.4 9.4% 0.5%

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Pitch Distribution

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